Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

If you haven't seen the Mastodon-specific way to donate to the #Harris campaign, I suggest you check it out!

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

Pleasantly surprised to see the lack of information they request - no address nor email is required to donate - so you don't even need to worry about being placed on a donor list to receive endless requests in the future.

#USPolitics #VoteBlue

To all my #US followers despairing over Joe #Biden dropping out from the presidential race and endorsing #KamalaHarris 4 months before the presidential election, I would like to tell you about another woman who was handed the leadership of her party just 7 weeks before the 2017 election and go on to become, imo, NZ’s greatest Prime Minister in my lifetime. Her name is Jacinda Ardern and her election campaign slogan was #LetsDoThis

Anti-Democracy Anti-Intellectual Anti-Science Anti-Woman Anti-Family Anti-DEI Anti-Labor Anti-LGBTQ

JD Vance Is Actually Much Worse Than You Realize | Sarah Jones | TMR
#BlackMastodon #LGBTQ #Project2025 #MAGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMkw9Krkfxk

I’m not an American, but my advice to American progressives is simply this:

Now’s your chance. If you don’t help elect the first African American woman to the Presidency, you’re full of shit.

That woman is your only chance to save American democracy, so you better get behind her.

While I will continue to say that Biden has been one of the best presidents in my lifetime (in many ways surpassing Obama) I think Harris will be a magnificent president.

And my guess is that Pete Buttigieg will be her VP pick. If not him then I hope not someone who does not put house or senate races or a key governorship in play.

As a white Jewish man married to an Indian American woman representation matters. Seeing my family mirrored in the White House is incredible

@GottaLaff
It's heartbreaking, but so many "important" Dems have been pushing so hard, they were shattering the party, giving TFG a big boost. I just hope Biden pushes VERY hard to get important stuff accomplished in the next few months. This is sad.

Can anyone point to someone who was smart and actually laid out a potential plan for what could or should be done if he actually stepped down?

Please tell me smart people actually laid out plans for this. Because it sure doesn’t look or feel like we have one.

President Biden was the best president of our lifetime and the work he and the Biden-Harris administration got done has improved the lives of all Americans. Vice President Harris has been an exceptional Vice President and she is going to win. All aboard, let’s go.

EDGE Science has a new episode out and it's about everyone's favorite massive land arthropod: the glorious #arthropleura !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ6n2Kn5k8M

imagine

Imagine there's no limit
on the size of ants
no upper boundary
no ceiling to their skies
Imagine all the people
looking ants in the eye!

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Gibbous Moon

Stöðvardalur in Fjarðabyggð, eastern #Iceland.

@photography #SilentSunday #DailyPhoto #WeatherPhotography #LandscapePhotography

"The drinking water used in data centers is often treated with chemicals to prevent corrosion and bacterial growth, rendering it unsuitable for human consumption or agricultural use. This means that not only are data centers consuming large quantities of drinking water, but they are also effectively removing it from the local water cycle."

https://utulsa.edu/news/data-centers-draining-resources-in-water-stressed-communities/

The Crescent Nebula NGC6888 in the constellation Cygnus. About 5000 light years distance. Imaged with an Askar120 f7 APO and the ZWO ASI183mc camera.
From the backyard 10 miles east of Austin Texas.
#astronomy #Astrodon #astrophotography

Do you remember?

Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections

We analyzed 32 internal documents produced in-house by #ExxonMobil scientists and managers between
>1977
and 2002, and 72 peer-reviewed scientific publications authored or coauthored by ExxonMobil scientists between 1982 and 2014.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0063

#ExxonKnew
#Capitalism
#BigOil
manmade #ClimateCatastrophe

Project 2025 Plan for Trump Presidency Has Far-Reaching Threats to Science

These days it seems that no one wants to talk about policies, but just focus on personalities, image and age. The outcomes could be devastating.

#Science #Politics #USA #Canada

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/